Law of Torts including Motor Vehicle Accidents and Consumer Protection Laws
Osmania University · LL.B. Semester 1 · P-IV
Unit I
Nature of Law of Torts · Definition of Tort · Elements of Tort · Development of Law of Torts in England and India · Wrongful Act and Legal Damage · Damnum Sine Injuria and Injuria Sine Damno- Tort distinguished from Crime and Breach of Contract · General Principles of Liability in Torts · Fault · Wrongful intent · Malice · Negligence · Liability without fault · Statutory liability · Parties to proceedings
Unit II
General Defences to an action in Torts · Vicarious Liability · Liability of the State for Torts · Defence of Sovereign Immunity · Joint Liability · Liability of Joint Toreadors · Rule of Strict Liability (Ryland’sV Fletcher) · Rule of Absolute Liability (MC Mehta vs. Union of India) · Occupiers liability · Extinction of liability · Waiver and Acquiescence · Release · Accord and Satisfaction · Death
- Volenti non-fit Injuria, Ubi jus ibi remedium
- Extinguishment of Liability in Tort
- General Defenses and Discharge of Torts
- Joint Tort-Feasors, Nervous Shock and Malicious abuse of Legal Process
- Vicarious Liability: Basis, scope, Justification, Different types
- Principle of Strict Liability: Ryland V. Fletcher case with exceptions
- Principle of Absolute Liability: Bhopal Gas Disaster case and Shree Ram Food
Unit III
Specific Torts · Torts affecting the person · Assault · Battery · False Imprisonment · Malicious Prosecution · Nervous Shock · Torts affecting Immovable Property · Trespass to land · Nuisance · Public Nuisance and Private Nuisance · Torts relating to movable property · Liability arising out of accidents (Relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act)
- Trespass to Person: Assault, Battery, Mayhem, False imprisonment
- Torts affecting Property (Movable & Immovable): Trespass, Trespass ab initio etc
- Torts affecting person &Property: Nuisance, Negligence, Fraud
- Joint Tort-Feasors, Nervous Shock and Malicious abuse of Legal Process
- Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- Motor Accidents Claims — Claims Tribunals
- Liability without fault and third-party risks under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Unit IV
Defamation · Negligence · Torts against Business Relations · Injurious falsehood · Negligent Misstatement- Passing off · Conspiracy · Torts affecting family relations · Remedies · Judicial and Extra · judicial Remedies · Damages · Kinds of Damages · Assessment of Damages · Remoteness of damage · Injunctions · Death in relation to tort · Action personal is mori tur cum person a
Unit V
Consumer Laws: Common Law and the Consumer · Duty to take care and liability for negligence · Consumerism · Salient features of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 · Consumer Protection Act,2019 · Definition of Consumer · Rights of Consumers · Defects in goods and deficiency in services · Restrictive and Unfair Trade Practices- Redressal Machinery under the Consumer Protection Act · Consumer Protection Councils · Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA): establishment, composition and powers · Liability of the Service Providers, Manufacturers and Traders under the Act- Product Liability · Remedies · Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions: Jurisdiction and Powers · Procedure for filing a consumer for dispute · E-filing · Continuous cause of action · Civil & Criminal liability · ADR & consumer · Penalties for misleading advertisement.- Mediation: Empanelment of Mediators, appointment, duties and settlement of disputes